Depends on the fetish. Domination and CNC were my introduction to the kink/fetish scene and my own passions, and was kind of self taught in teenagers experimenting kind of way and later refined as confidence and experience grew. Blood play, I was taught: you want someone who knows what they’re Read more… doing before you start playing with razors and scalpels! For Shibari and Kinbaku, self taught after seeing an amazing demonstration, followed by mentoring for some of the more advanced techniques and suspension. Master/slave was a combination, learning what I wanted as a Master and being taught what my Slave(s) wanted, and then building the combined picture (which, I learnt, is actually the same with any D/s relationship: they’re all unique).

Cotton would be the easiest and cheapest solution. Basically, any fabric you can put through a washing machine.